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The Invisible Woman (1940)
Written by Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Gertrude Purcell Directed by A. Edward Sutherland Starring Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles US Release Dec. 27, 1940 RT 72 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) With the exception of the “Abbott & Costello Meet…” movies, I…
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The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
Written by Bernard Schubert Directed by Leslie Goodwins Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine US Release Dec 22, 1944 RT 60 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) The Mummy’s Curse (1944) strays ever so slightly from the recipe established in the previous four Universal Monsters…
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The Mummy (1932)
Written by John L. Balderston Directed by Karl Freund Starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Bryan, Edward Van Sloan US Release Dec. 22, 1932 RT 73 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Of all the wonderful elements in Universal’s The Mummy (1932), there’s one that’s largely…
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The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
Written by William Sachs Directed by William Sachs Starring Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey, Michael Alldredge, Ann Sweeny US Release Dec. 19, 1977 RT 84 min. Home Video Shout! Factory Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Oh, Incredible Melting Man, how bad are you? Let me count the ways… Your budget is so low…
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Written by William Pugsley & Samuel M. Sherman Directed by Al Adamson Starring J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Russ Tamblyn, Zandor Vorkov, John Bloom US Release Dec. 19, 1971 RT 90 min. Home Video Shriek Show Classic Horrors rating = 1 (out of 10) Sometimes memory does not fail me, but I wish it would. Just…
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Asylum (1972)
Written by Robert Bloch Directed by Roy Ward Baker Starring Barbara Parkins, Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Charlotte Rampling, Herbert Lom US Release Nov. 17, 1972 RT 88 min. Home Video Dark Sky Films Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) One Monday morning at school, my friend Tommy Terrell ran up to me to tell me…
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The Invisible Man (1933)
Written by R.C. Sherriff Directed by James Whale Starring Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O’Connor US Release Nov. 13, 1933 RT 71 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Although I often feel like other people don’t see me, particularly when I’m driving, I wonder what it…
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Son of Dracula (1943)
Written by Eric Taylor Directed by Robert Siodmak Starring Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Frank Craven US Release Nov. 5, 1943 RT 80 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) If there’s anything worse than Lon Chaney Jr. as Frankenstein’s monster, it’s Lon Chaney Jr. as Dracula. With…
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Fear in the Night (1972)
Written by Jimmy Sangster and Michael Syson Directed by Jimmy Sangster Starring Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing US Release Oct. 1974 RT 94 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. The final film in Hammer’s original psychological thriller cycle, Fear in…
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Maniac (1963)
Written by Jimmy Sangster Directed by Michael Carreras Starring Kerwin Matthews, Nadia Gray, Liliane Brousse US Release Oct. 30, 1963 RT 86 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Maniac makes you long for the good old days… the early 1960s, when…
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